Tag: oral history

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Posted on December 5, 2017 · A project at the University of Houston called Resilient Houston will gather first-hand experiences of victims, first responders, and those working in energy and flood abatement during and after Hurricane Harvey.

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Posted on December 5, 2017 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: The Texas voter ID law is back in the courts. A new survey examines the plight of Harvey victims. We learn about efforts to collect oral histories from Hurricane Harvey. We discuss what's in a new long-term plan for downtown Houston. And Dr. Andy Boyd examines if it's possible for humans to understand everything.

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Posted on December 7, 2016 · Today (Dec. 7, 2016) is Pearl Harbor Day. On this day 75 years ago, the Japanese attacked the U.S. fleet in Hawaii and launched America into World War II. One of the men who survived the attack was Vaughn Hamberlin, who served aboard the U.S.S. Tennessee. Some 35 years later, in 1976, he revisited the site […]

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Posted on August 28, 2015 · Among the many evacuees that ended up in Houston after Katrina was Terrance Veal. He and 22 relatives shared a two-bedroom apartment for six weeks. Not long after, Veal shared his story as part of the Survivor to Survivor Stories oral history project Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston. News 88.7’s Syeda Hasan caught up with […]

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Posted on April 3, 2015 · Want to record and share your own personal oral history or those of loved ones? A new mobile app called stories etc. from Houstonian Patrick Talley helps users record and share their life stories.

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Posted on February 2, 2015 · Dr. Hank Roubicek, communication professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaches a class in storytelling and talks about why telling stories matters. He says we’re better people after we listen to a story.

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Posted on October 16, 2014 · Nearly 100 years ago, on Nov. 10, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson presided over the opening of the Houston Ship Channel. According to the Port Authority, each year the 52-mile channel serves around 8,000 vessels and more than 200 million tons of cargo that move through the Port of Houston. Needless to say, the Ship Channel […]